A Beautiful Poison
Set in New York City in 1918, the final year of World War I but the start of the deadly worldwide Spanish influenza epidemic, A Beautiful Poison centers on a group of privileged young Manhattanites, coddled since childhood within the confines of Upper East Side society. When the members of the...
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Set in New York City in 1918, the final year of World War I but the start of the deadly worldwide Spanish influenza epidemic, A Beautiful Poison centers on a group of privileged young Manhattanites, coddled since childhood within the confines of Upper East Side society. When the members of the clique start dropping, one by one, it may be the deadly ravages of the flu or it
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Edition language: English
[I received a copy of this book through NetGalley.]Loved the backdrop in this book. World War I (with the reader knowing it’s nearing its end... but not the characters). The dreadful influenza reaching American shores and starting a war all of its own. Socialites in their own little world, feeling t...
I think that this book was a bit all over the place for me to get a very good handle on. We have a lot of characters whose motivations we are not too sure of throughout the book. I think that Kang was trying for some tension to build about who was the murderer, but it was telegraphed at least to me ...
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